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Book Synopsis'Not only is this the first key text on person-centred counselling psychology, but one of the best introductions to the approach. Gillon combines an in-depth understanding of the person-centred field with a highly accessible writing style to produce a book that will be of enormous value to anyone wanting to practice person-centred therapy. Essential reading for trainee and practising counselling psychologists with an interest in the person-centred approach and highly recommended for counsellors and psychotherapists of all orientations' -
Mick Cooper, Professor of Counselling, Counselling Unit, University of StrathclydePerson-Centred Counselling Psychology: An Introduction is an introduction to the philosophy, theory and practice of the person-centred approach. Focusing on the psychological underpinnings of the approach, Ewan Gillon describes the theory of personality on which it is based and the nature of the therapeutic which is characterised by
Table of ContentsThe History and Development of the Person-Centred Approach A Person-Centred Theory of Personality and Individual Difference A Person-Centred Theory of Psychological Therapy Facilitating a Process of Change The Person-Centred Approach and the Four Paradigms of Counselling Psychology Person-Centred Therapy and Contemporary Practice in Mental Health Working With Distress Research and the Person-Centred Approach Social Constructionism and the Person-Centred Approach Training As A Person-Centred Practitioner
